Fbloggs Geekdom » Web Development http://www.fbloggs.com Duncan's musings on tech related topics Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to access cross-domain data with AJAX using JSONP, jQuery and PHP http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:21:49 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=310 I’m guessing that if you are reading this post you have already encountered the problem of the same origin policy with regards to retrieving data with AJAX from urls in other domains than your’s (the requesting domain). This policy, enforced by…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/feed/ 2 How To Assign The Current Date and Time to a MySQL Datetime Field using PHP http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:50:49 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=295 This is a no-brainer, but I always forget how to do it. MySQL datetime fields are stored in this format: 2010-02-18 10:33:18. Here’s a trivial example showing you how to populate a datetime field with the current date in the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/feed/ 0 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 2: How To Create Widget-style Boxes http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:05:21 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=280 This is the second post in a series on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.    Here’s the first one.

Today I’ll show you how to create a nice looking box that has sort of a widget appearance to it. The jQuery UI components…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/feed/ 3 How To Embed A Google Calendar Gadget In Your Web Site http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:28:40 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=277 Google provides two simple ways, other than you writing your own client code to talk to their APIs, to embed a calendar in your web page. One method is easily found by Googling for the info. This link explains how…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/feed/ 1 New Version of jQuery Feedback Plugin released http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:45:18 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=269 This is version 1.0.1. It corrects a bug where the ‘above’ and ‘below’ options did not work, and it also lets you place a message immediately above an element, with the left side of the message area aligned with the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/feed/ 0 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 1: Intro and How To Style a Button http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:39:43 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=252 This is the first in a series of articles on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.. This is a powerful suite of CSS selectors that you can use to build web applications with a consistent UI. The main jQuery UI demo…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/feed/ 5 How to correct font size problem with tables in jQuery UI widgets http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:11:27 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=225 I just recently used jQuery UI tabs in an application. Within a couple of the tabs I used tables for content (let’s not have a religious debate about using tables for layout, please). Anyway, the font size came out much bigger…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/30/how-to-correct-font-size-problem-with-tables-in-jquery-ui-widgets/feed/ 0 Joomla 1.5 has wrong path for css, js files – edit your configuration.php file http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:05:25 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=221 I just moved a Joomla 1.5 install from my iMac to a hosted site. The home page showed up fine, but subsequent pages were missing all styles. It turns out that I needed to change the variable $live_site in configuration.php from…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/19/joomla-1-5-has-wrong-path-for-css-js-files/feed/ 1 Using Aptana Studio 2.0 and PDT Plugin for Drupal Module Development http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:57 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=207 Aptana now uses the official Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) plugin instead of their own PHP editor. I have Aptana 2.0.2, build date November 10 2009 on my Macbook.  I’m building a Drupal module, so I need to have PDT…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/12/03/using-aptana-studio-2-0-and-pdt-plugin-for-drupal-module-development/feed/ 2 Articles I’ve Written on IBM i (iSeries) Technology Subjects http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/09/17/articles-ive-written-on-ibm-i-technology-subjects/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2009/09/17/articles-ive-written-on-ibm-i-technology-subjects/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:05 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=170 I’ve written a few articles in recent years that have been published by MC Press Online, relating to IBM i topics. If you don’t know what the IBM i is (or an AS/400, iSeries or System i), you can stop…

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